The NSF/NIH/NEH/USED/USDA/NASA Survey of Earned Doctorates is
an annual survey of all new recipients of doctorates from US
universities at graduation. The average of the response rates
for the 2000–2004 surveys was 92%. Learn more.

The Survey is an annual assessment of the number and
characteristics of graduate students and postdoctoral
researchers in science, engineering, and health-related fields
It is conducted by the National
Science Foundation. Learn
more.

Acknowledgments

The National Research Council, the National Science Foundation, and
the Department of Education have all done a tremendous amount of hard
work in collecting these data. In particular, we would like to
recognize the contributions of the following organizations:

We would like to thank the National Research Council for
sharing their data from their 2010
study . In particular, we are grateful to Steve Mautner, Jim
Voytuk, and Charlotte Kuh for their help.